Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #109
December 20, 2009
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109.) Rectalgia
-noun
a. A pain in the rectum.
b. Figuratively, a pain in the butt(ocks).*
[Origin: Related to the word proctalgia from the Greek proktos meaning "anus" and "algos" meaning "pain."]
*In the case of certain members of the tribe, not necessary a bad one.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #108
December 13, 2009
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108.) Emarcid
-adjective
a. Wilted or limp.*
[Origin: unknown]
*Although I know naught of its origin, members of the tribe are frequently said to demonstrate the particular affliction of emarcid wrists.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #107
December 6, 2009
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107.) Eosophobia
-noun singular
a.) Fear of dawn.*
b.) Fear of sunshine.
[Origin: From the Greek Ἠώς, or Ἕως (eos) meaning "dawn" and Φόβος (fovos) meaning "fear."]
*Like vampires, werewolves, and other nocturnal creatures, historically many members of the tribe may also suffer from a kind of eosophobia.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #106
November 29, 2009
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106.) Nupson
-noun singular
a.) A simpleton.
b.) A fool.*
[Origin: Unknown.]
*Attend well the fool, for as we have often seen the the case of the idiot savant, he or she may be the repository for the most wisdom.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #105
November 22, 2009
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105.) Deferrise
a.) To remove iron from.*
[Origin: From the Latin ferrum meaning "iron."]
*An encouraging action for the wee folk. It is said that members of the tribe cannot abide the presence of iron. Placing an iron nail in the cradle of an infant insures that the he or she will not be switched with a changeling.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #104
November 15, 2009
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104.) Nimbose
-adjective
a.) Stormy, tempestuous.*
b.) Cloudy.
[Origin: From the Latin nimbosus meaning "cloudy."]
*Many a good tale has begun on a nimbose night.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #103
November 8, 2009
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103.) Ilicic
-adjective
a.) Of or pertaining to holly.*
[Origin: From the Latin ilex meaning "holly."]
*Holly is an evergreen. In a Welsh version of the story of Tristan and Isolde, when a suitor attempts to win Isolde from Tristan, Arthur attempts to solve the conflict by granting her to “one of them while the leaves be on the trees and to the other while the leaves should not be on the trees” but Isolde wins her Tristan by reciting the following verse:
“There are three trees that are good,
holly and ivy and yew;
they put forth leaves wile they last,
and Trystan shall have me as long as he lives.“
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #102
November 1, 2009
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102.) Wamble
-intransitive verb
a.) To feel nauseated.
b.) To rumble (within the stomach).
c.) To move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion.*
[Origin: From the Latin vomre meaning to vomit and from the Middle English wamlen meaning "to become nauseated."]
*Members of the tribe will be among the first to notice beings with unsteady or weaving gait.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #101
October 25, 2009
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101.) Fagottist
-noun singular
a. A bassoon player.*
[Origin: From Old French or Old Provençal, possibly from Vulgar Latin facus, or from the Greek phakelos meaning "bundle."]
*How ripe this relatively innocuous word seems with regards to its visually suggestive meanings concerning members of the tribe. Perhaps a male player of the “skin flute” could also be referred to thusly. Apparently, the Japanese expression “to play the shakuhachi” (or bamboo flute) is also an a propos euphemism.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #100
October 18, 2009
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100.) Orchesis
-noun singular
a.) The art or act of dancing.*
[Origin: From the Greek ὄρχησις (orkhēsis), meaning "dance."]
*One thing that all members of the tribe cannot resist.
